For the past year the Securities and Exchange Commission has been trying to toughen up its weakened image. But it still faces skepticism about its ability to adequately enforce laws against corporate crime. Law Professor Tamar Frankel, an authority on securities law and author of “Trust and Honesty: America’s Business Culture at a Crossroad,” says […]
In a bid to become more relevant to the hardware side of the mobile-phone business, reports say Microsoft will unveil a new line of phones (code name “Pink”) with social-networking capabilities — different from the “Windows Phone,” expected later this year. School of Management Professor N. Venkat Venkatraman, head of the Information Systems Department, says he’s […]
Recent anti-western rhetoric from Afghan President Hamid Karzai is stressing American officials and the Obama administration is concerned that it may hamper efforts to wind down U.S. military operations in Afghanistan. International Relations Professor William Keylor, author of “A World of Nations: The International Order Since 1945,” says Karzai is playing with fire. “With Al-Qaeda virtually gone […]
President Obama has revamped U.S. nuclear strategy to narrow the conditions under which we would use nuclear weapons, but made it clear that “outliers like Iran and North Korea” still could be potential targets. BU security law lecturer Philip O’Neill, author of the newly published “Verification in an Age of Insecurity,” says being able to verify […]
As Tiger Woods readies for his return to golf on Thursday (his tee time is 1:42 p.m. to be exact), Boston University Professor of Sports Journalism Frank Shorr talks to BU Now about what Tiger can expect from fans and the media, and the impact of his presence at Augusta on the rest of the […]
The White House is reportedly considering possible candidates to nominate for the Supreme Court seat which may soon be vacated by 89-year-0ld Justice John Paul Stevens. Political Science Professor Graham Wilson says political reality dictates that the ability of the GOP minority in the Senate to delay or block nominations must be taken into serious consideration. “Obama […]
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April 5, 2010 at 11:39 am
With efforts to regulate the trading of derivatives stalling in the Senate Banking Committee, members of the Senate Agriculture Comittee are taking a stab at it, hoping to add it to an 0verall financial reform bill the banking panel is crafting. Law Professor Elizabeth Nowicki, both a former SEC attorney and Wall Street lawyer, says […]
The Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center presents Richard North Patterson, bestselling author in the realm of the legal-political thriller, today at 5:30 PM at Metcalf Hall (Second Floor of the George Shurman Union). Patterson embarked on his writing career after first establishing himself as a successful lawyer, serving as a liaison for the United States […]
April 2, 2010 at 12:20 pm
Apple is looking for a chunk of the growing e-books market as it rolls out the iPod, and some publishers like Penguin are cutting deals to dump sales via Amazon. But the iPad doesn’t have Apple’s iBook software preinstalled, so readers can just as easily choose Amazon’s Kindle app. School of Management Prof. N. Venkat Venkatraman, chair […]
